I've searched the web to no avail for some kind of software that will help calculate the ideal orientation of a solar panel array.
My roof has four separate faces. What I'd like to know is given 24 100W solar panels, my lattitude/longitude, and roof geometry, what would be the optimum configuration (ie: all facing one direction, or a combination of different angles)to maximize the annual averaged sunshine.
Anybody familiar with an online calculator or software designed for this type of calculation?
If there's no software, I be willing to place a single miniature solar collector on each of the four roof faces, and measure the energy outputs throughout the day, but I'm not sure how to continuiously monitor and record such data.
Thanks!
Chris